and in about nine months people in okonee county gave over 1 million dollars so that okonee county can have a shelter for victims of domestic violence. >> it will be the first safe house of its kind in oconee. >> when i think about the house being opened, i think about margie saying that [chokes up and starts crying] "it is a safe place for somebody. >> i'm sorry. >> i'm sorry. somebody else can be saved. and hopefully not to have to live for 40 years of fear. that's what i hope out of all this, out of that tragedy, that we have that safe place for somebody to go to now. it's not in vain. >> right that we can save somebody. >> it hit home, basically. so we have to, we have to reach out to other people. that's our thing now. we can't just sit back and like "oh my god, somebody else is gone... by the hands of a man". >> while it's too late for zakiya lawson, north charleston recently received federal funding for a program that tracks high-risk offenders, like peter williams, and makes it harder for them to roam freely. a similar program in maryland reduced its domestic homicide rate by 3